Common English Mistakes

Common English Mistakes

Common English Mistakes

In every land, on every hand, it’s thoroughly agreed. The English language to explain is very hard indeed.” – Harry Hemsley

The English language, for all practical purposes, is a bit of a pickle. Countless words sound the same but have different meanings. Others are spelled in a particular pattern, but are pronounced oh-so-differently. Classic case? P-U-T ‘put’, and B-U-T ‘but’. More recently, even our dear old President, Pranab Mukherjee, decided to use the words ‘Hummus’ and ‘Hamas’ interchangeably.

But English is also a mighty vast language, so it’s only obvious that we won’t know every word. But the following 10? It’s HIGH TIME we pulled up our socks and stopped making these mistakes.

Emphasis on HIGH TIME.

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Some friendly advice – DO TAKE THE TIME OUT TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES BEFORE YOU MURDER THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.